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Big Breakfast (Never Starve)
"One good meal and you're set for the whole cavern."
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How do I install Big Breakfast (Never Starve)?
Download the free ProjectMods desktop app, then install Big Breakfast (Never Starve) for Core Keeper in one click.
</>What does Big Breakfast (Never Starve) do?
Nothing kills the momentum of a good mining session like trekking all the way home because a meter said so. Big Breakfast stops your food meter from draining, so you can keep going as long as you're actually enjoying yourself. This is the mod for the long haul: tunnelling across a biome, setting up a base far from your first spawn, or spending an evening laying out farm plots without a countdown running in the corner. Your cooking still works exactly as it did, so buffs from good meals are as useful as ever. You just stop needing them to survive. Turn it off and hunger comes back.
</>What is Big Breakfast (Never Starve)?
Big Breakfast, from ProjectMods, keeps your food meter from draining in Core Keeper so you can tunnel across a biome, build a far-flung base or lay out farm plots without a countdown running. Cooking still works, so meal buffs stay useful — you just stop needing them to survive. One switch, on or off.
</>Common questions about Big Breakfast (Never Starve)
What does Big Breakfast do in Core Keeper?
Big Breakfast stops your food meter from draining in Core Keeper, so hunger never cuts a session short. Instead of trekking back to base because a meter emptied, you keep mining, building or exploring for as long as you're enjoying it. The mod is a single switch called Never Starve. Turn it on and food stops being a timer; turn it off and hunger returns to normal immediately.
Does Big Breakfast stop cooking from being useful in Core Keeper?
No — cooking works exactly as it always did in Core Keeper. Meals still grant their buffs, rare dishes are still worth making, and the kitchen you built still earns its space. Big Breakfast only removes the survival pressure: you eat because a good meal makes you stronger, not because a meter is emptying. Pair it with Green Thumb if you want cooking to be a hobby rather than a chore.
What happens if I turn Never Starve off mid-run?
Hunger comes straight back. Big Breakfast holds your Core Keeper food meter steady only while the Never Starve switch is on, so flipping it off hands the meter back to the game and it starts draining again from wherever it sits. Nothing is permanently altered on your character or your world, which makes it easy to run the mod for a long tunnelling session and switch it off when you want the survival pressure back.
Are there any settings to tune on Big Breakfast?
Big Breakfast is deliberately a one-switch mod. There's a single option, Never Starve, and it's the master switch — on means your Core Keeper food meter holds, off means it drains normally. There's no percentage dial or partial mode, because hunger in Core Keeper is either a timer you're managing or it isn't. If you want more control over the food side of the game, Green Thumb handles harvests, cooking yields and how long meal buffs last.
When is Big Breakfast most worth using in Core Keeper?
The long haul. Big Breakfast earns its place when you're tunnelling across a biome, setting up a second base far from your spawn, or spending an evening laying out farm plots — the stretches where a hunger meter is pure interruption. It also pairs well with Cave Sprinter for expeditions that take you a long way from your food chest, and it works in solo play or co-op, because it only ever applies to your own character.
What options does Big Breakfast (Never Starve) include?
Never Starve
Master switch. While it's on, your food meter stops draining. Turn it off to go back to normal.
Big Breakfast is a Core Keeper mod from ProjectMods that stops your food meter draining, so long digs and far-from-home expeditions never end because you got hungry.
System Requirements
What features does Big Breakfast (Never Starve) include?
- Stops your food meter draining, so a long tunnel run never ends with a walk home for lunch
- Leaves cooking exactly as it was — good meals still hand you their buffs, you just don't depend on them
- Frees up the inventory slots you used to reserve for emergency snacks on deep trips
- Toggles off in one click when you want hunger back, with nothing left behind on your save
Best For
- Base builders laying out a big farm or workshop who don't want a hunger timer setting the pace
- Long-haul explorers pushing three biomes out from home with no cooking pot anywhere nearby
- Cooks who want meals to be about the buffs and the recipes rather than about staying alive
- Marathon evening sessions where the trip back to the food chest is the only thing interrupting you
- New players still learning the cavern who'd rather worry about cavelings than about lunch
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